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Memorial service held in Nagasaki

An emotional memorial service has taken place in the Japanese city of Nagasaki where US forces dropped an atomic bomb exactly 70 years ago.

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70-thousand people died in the attack, which came three days after another bomb was dropped on Hiroshima.

A minute's silence and bells marked the time of the explosion at 11-02 in 1945.

Meanwhile, speeches at the ceremony criticised the Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for his plans to loosen the restrictions on what Japan's military can do.

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